CARD: Is water available or not?
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This is part of a multi-week
series leading up to CARD’s Water Crisis: Time to Get
Serious! free community
meeting, 6-9:30 p.m. Sept. 11.
Next week: Water Availability
By the CARD Steering Committee
Early Texas settlers dug wells into the earth and found a plentiful supply of groundwater. Using it up seemed impossible. But things change.
Today, in our now highly populated, industry-rich state, more than 60 percent of Texas’ water is supplied by groundwater from wells dug into our aquifers. With population growth, the number of public and private groundwater wells has spiraled upward, leading to concern that the underground aquifers are being pumped down much faster than they can be refilled by rainfall.
We now take water for granted. We turn on the faucet and the water flows in seemingly unlimited quantity. It is pure and safe to drink. The cost is low compared to its value to our lifestyle. We know that without water we cannot survive.
Water Crisis Series
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